2 definitions
for jokingly
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Jokingly \Jok"ing*ly\, adv.
In a joking way; sportively. Jole
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
jokingly
adv 1: in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could
drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express" [syn: jestingly]
2: not seriously; "I meant it facetiously" [syn: facetiously,
tongue-in-cheek]